Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs

The Graduate Studies Office (GSO) has a new name: Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs (GSPA)

This new name embodies our ongoing support to graduate students and highlights our commitment to postdoctoral fellows.

Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs (GSPA) is responsible for many facets of graduate studies and postdoctoral affairs, including: recruitment, admissions, financial bursaries and awards, records, professional development, degree completion and ongoing community engagement – with graduate students, postdocs, staff and faculty.

Services supported by GSPA

Discover Graduate Studies

for future graduate students

Graduate Studies Academic Calendar

for future and current graduate students

Graduate Studies

for current graduate students & graduate studies staff/faculty

GRADventure

professional development resources for current graduate students

Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition

for current graduate students

Graduate Studies forms

for future and current graduate students

Postdoctoral Affairs

for future and current postdoctoral fellows

GRADtalks

a speaker series for PhD students

What's happening

Tuesday, January 2, 2018 (All day) to Monday, April 30, 2018 (All day)

GRADVENTURE: Winter 2018 events

free

GRADventure is a central hub of professional development resources designed specifically for graduate students at the University of Waterloo. It is offered by the Graduate Studies Office, in collaboration with campus partners. Check out some of the events happening for winter term 2018.

Wednesday, March 21, 2018 - 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm

Attend the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Univeristy-wide final competition

free

Our University 3MT final competition will be held on March 21, 2018 from 3:00 to 4:30pm in Modern Languages, Theatre of the Arts.

Be part of the action by selecting the People’s Choice award winner; no need to register. First come, first seated.

Thursday, April 12, 2018 - 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm

GRADtalks: Gamification

free

Applying game principles to non-game contexts can help us understand and motivate certain behaviours in activities where different users/agents interact. What are the latest advances in this field, from either a theoretical or practical point of view?

Join Waterloo’s Associate Vice-President, Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs, Jeff Casello at this fifth installment of GRADtalks events.